The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-05
THE CLEVELAND MURDER.
IAmARCUs AND HUNT HAvETHE
PRELIMINARY TRIAL.
They submit n Written Statement
Charging Graham with the
AssasstnatioB.
lsrEoIAL TO rusLPPIAL.l

CLEvRL AND, Miss July 4,'-Lamar-
Gus aud Hunt, the two last captured,
as implicated in tie Sur flower River
murder case on June 2.d, had their
preliminary hearing before Mayor L
ID. Johnston today. Hon q. 5.
Mckenzie, OF the law firm OF Mcken-
zie 4 On,ck, Indisro's, Miss, for the
defense and Judge Hairs, OF Concor-
dia, Mics, for the State. d tn gen.
tlemen made very able talks. Follow.
ing il the staten mt made by Hunt
and L,marcus, defendants:
GESrLunsS-To save innocent parties
| from unnecessary trouble, and TO let the
public know who killed Manning and Tur-
ner, we, the uud,rsigned, sumit the fellow
Wednesday. ole Jack Graham came up
tho road IRON thu ford and remarked he had
xiii, a two men. We asked him who. and
what for and hscould rot tell .hal reason q,
We have explained e MT MI, ss, rian G tS.
cause, and We h,pe II will be satisfactory to
everybody, as wat We have done we con.
Iider We did precisely right. We would
write full slaement Of the whole Affair."
but for want oipaper We will have to quit.
X. A. LAMARCUs.
The FRS witness for the Sac, Ar
thur Mssh,i, cert fees as follows:
Knew Doth 1efendsnts, r. A. LsrmaI-
Gus and /. 4. Hunt Kuow the Till.
ing was dom the 22l Of ] me, 1887.
Killing OF Manning Turner was done
in b ,livsr cunty, State Of Mississippi.
saw Mr.. 1. A. LErmsrcus alter the
a killing, AID had cover. alton
with him In regard to II. lie
, stated to me that as far as
the shooting Of REED was concerned
that he di not care anything about II
:. and that he was willing 10 bear his
part Of Il Bot 10 TO the killing oi
Manning md Turner he knew moth
|, ing about /, that Jack Graham came
a 10 the houie Of Lsrmsreus and told
him that 10 had killed two men, buI
!. that he dii not know who they were
Larmarcu said 20 him: "Whst II
!, the worlddid you do that for" YoJ
might haze killed two innocent men
and LarnArcus tod the witness he wa
/. sorry tnsi Graham had killed the two
, men andtha. he wonld not have hsC
- him to hive done II for 5000 Wit
4 pess also hal a c)nversatipu with de
= PENDANT, +. M. Hunt. Dsfendsot'
~ counsel OF CTS TO the statement mad,
10 by 7. NJ. Bunt 30 far No II affects X
"a A. Lsnacus in this trial. De
~ iendaut Hunt stated to wltness tina
=, after Ia, ,hootiug OF Reid that him
a. and Lrnarcus then went to intefcep
:. or cutd Reed and Love, and to XII
- them. He stated that when he wen
~ by, thre was himse (, defendant La
10 marop, Al Daniels, Jsck Graham an
- Olive Markham. That he and dc
iendat Llmarcua and Oivsr Mark
ham smai cd at the ford ans gnsrde,
M II, yhe Al Daniels went 90 their diu
p. ner; nat after DANES and Graham
In came from their dinners, that the
=. lie, diendant Larmal Gus aud Aafk
IA ham went 10 their dinners, ant
n. left Gaham and DAbiels there.
"a At THE point Of the evidence
"A wfitta state meni Of defendants va
=. show witness, which he recognize
a. a. aboriginal statement written y
.. defendant Hunt, signed by Hunt al
n defendant LamArcus aud 3 ven
a witnee, which IL marked, execute
and made q part Of evidence 10 III
cgB..
70 secnd witness, P. p ID ape, az
a third witness, J. 4. W,bbef, 'esiitie
!: about lie same. Mayor I. Il J,hT
~ son, Notwithstanding the feeling o
10 both fdes II the case, d tliyeted
IA. very hort bu' eloquent address
A. rendeIDg bic dtcltion aud committe
10 tte braonera 10 1 Ill without bail